Tag Archives: Proton Pack

Last night I finished up all the little details, adding some black and red plastic bits for realism:

I also attached some rings, wires and such from my PC parts bin. This is why keeping old computer junk is handy. The movie packs have technical looking labels on them so I fired up Google and found a PDF that had all the images on it. Hobby Lobby sells sticker paper that you can run through a printer so after a quick print I had this:

To simulate wear and tear, I brushed on some steel enamel hobby paint on the edges:

For the straps I reused straps from an old backpack. To make it comfortable, I zip tied on some pipe insulation onto the PVC frame:

Jack wanted to be a Ghostbuster this Halloween. I didn’t really find any good kid sized Ghostbusters costumes so I figured I can come up with something. It needed to be light so making it out of wood was out, I was already working on foam tombstones for the front yard so I decided to use the foam. I went to GBFANS (a great site with tons of Ghostbusters info/plans etc) and got some ideas. I cut out some foam into the basic shapes and covered it in bondo. After sanding and smoothing it a bit I hot glued on some plastic pieces and other objects to give it the basic look:

The frame for the pack is made from PVC pipe:

The red piece is a plastic clip of some sort that was lying around, I figured it would make a good holder. I epoxied the PVC frame to the pack but wasn’t so sure if that would hold up. I added some conduit clips screwing them into the foam back. To make sure the screws stayed put, I dabbed some Gorilla Glue into the screw holes. The wand is made from PVC pipe, a PVC electrical box and a old rocker switch:

With everything secured and dry I sprayed primer over everything and then layered on some flat black:

Tonight I’ll finish up some little details like the pack straps, decals and if I have time a pair of goggles. Part 2